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- ↑ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-04-30.
- ↑ "Cannes Classics 2016". Cannes Film Festival. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ↑ "25 Films Added to National Registry". The New York Times. 1994-11-15. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-06-25.
